West Africa

Luxury & Lifestyle

Royal Horizon Baobab: A Refined Coastal Escape in La Somone

Royal Horizon Baobab is a four star all inclusive...

Business Africa

Aliko Dangote Named Grand Patron of Global Entrepreneurship Festival

Aliko Dangote, President of Dangote Group, has been appointed...

Business Africa

Nigeria Rejoins J.P. Morgan Bond Benchmark With 7.4% Weighting

Nigeria is returning to a J.P. Morgan local currency...

Luxury & Lifestyle

Pullman Dakar Teranga: Contemporary Luxury Overlooking Dakar Bay

Pullman Dakar Teranga brings contemporary African elegance to the...

Business Africa

Senegal and Eni Deepen Offshore Exploration Push With Five Block Evaluation Deal

Senegal has signed a memorandum of understanding with Italian...

Business Africa

Senegal’s Rising Debt Adds Pressure as Government Struggles to Rein in Spending

Senegal is facing mounting fiscal pressure as public debt continues to rise sharply, revealing deeper imbalances in the country’s finances. By the end of...

Business Africa

FG Launches Nutrition 774 Strategic Board to Tackle Malnutrition Nationwide

The Federal Government of Nigeria has inaugurated the Strategic Board for the Nutrition 774 Initiative, marking a significant step in its ongoing efforts to...

Business Africa

West Africa Urged to Reduce Economic Reliance on Former Colonial Powers

Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Council of Ministers, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, has issued...

Business Africa

Nigeria Moves to Market-Driven Exchange Rate Amid Public Concerns

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Business Africa

Niger Nationalizes French Uranium Mine, Escalating Resource Sovereignty Drive

Niger’s military-led government has officially nationalized the Somair uranium mine, seizing full control from France’s state-backed nuclear giant Orano, which previously held a 63.4%...

Empire

Silas Adekunle: Reimagining Robotics from Lagos to the World

The robotics space rarely accommodates failure and even less often, reinvention. Yet Silas Adekunle has done both. First gaining global attention as the young mind...

Business Africa

Visa, Microsoft Champion Agentic AI to Strengthen Nigeria’s Fintech Talent Pool

Global technology leaders Visa and Microsoft have partnered to accelerate innovation in Nigeria’s fintech sector through a strategic focus on agentic artificial intelligence (AI),...

Business Africa

LNG-Powered Containership Touches Down at Apapa: A Game-Changer for West Africa

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Business Africa

CBN Intensifies Oversight on Banks Under Regulatory Forbearance

As part of its commitment to preserving financial system stability, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced that commercial banks currently operating under...

Business Africa

Nigeria Hosts Africa’s Largest-Ever UN Tourism Event

Nigeria has successfully hosted the 68th Meeting of the United Nations Tourism Regional Commission for Africa (CAF), marking the largest United Nations tourism event...

Business Africa

Dangote Refinery to Begin Free Nationwide Delivery of Petrol, Diesel in August

In a bold move set to transform Nigeria’s petroleum downstream sector, the Dangote Petroleum Refinery has announced it will begin free nationwide delivery of...

Business Africa